Ninety-two vehicles were involved in 17 separate collisions along an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 95 Saturday.
The Baltimore Sun described the pileup as the largest accident in Maryland history and said that it prompted “the most extensive emergency response” since a deadly Amtrak crash in 1987.
At least 49 people were hurt, 22 of them from a bus that carried 30 passengers. Early reports noted serious injuries, but on Sunday Col. Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, the state police superintendent, said the most serious injury in the massive crash was a broken leg.
The accidents began at about 4:30 p.m. in a rain and hail storm and occurred in both northbound and southbound lanes -- though a greater number of vehicles were involved on the southbound side. Busy I-95 was closed in both directions until late Saturday night when the northbound lanes opened. Southbound lanes remained closed until Sunday morning.
The Sun reported that 35 Maryland state troopers, more than 20 Baltimore County and Maryland Transportation Authority police officers, and nearly 100 paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters from Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties and Baltimore City were on the scene.
According to some reports, the accidents began when the sky cleared and the wet roadway reflected glaring sunlight into drivers’ eyes, causing many to hit the brakes.
The Baltimore Sun described the pileup as the largest accident in Maryland history and said that it prompted “the most extensive emergency response” since a deadly Amtrak crash in 1987.
At least 49 people were hurt, 22 of them from a bus that carried 30 passengers. Early reports noted serious injuries, but on Sunday Col. Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, the state police superintendent, said the most serious injury in the massive crash was a broken leg.
The accidents began at about 4:30 p.m. in a rain and hail storm and occurred in both northbound and southbound lanes -- though a greater number of vehicles were involved on the southbound side. Busy I-95 was closed in both directions until late Saturday night when the northbound lanes opened. Southbound lanes remained closed until Sunday morning.
The Sun reported that 35 Maryland state troopers, more than 20 Baltimore County and Maryland Transportation Authority police officers, and nearly 100 paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters from Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties and Baltimore City were on the scene.
According to some reports, the accidents began when the sky cleared and the wet roadway reflected glaring sunlight into drivers’ eyes, causing many to hit the brakes.
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